MuseumsUnder 1 km away
State Museum of Victims of Repression
A museum in the Shahidlar Khotirasi memorial in Tashkent that tells of political repression in Uzbekistan from the 1860s to the 1950s.
Shahidlar Khotirasi Memorial
A memorial park on both banks of the Bozsu canal in Tashkent, at a ravine where thousands were shot during the Soviet repressions.
Ensembles1999–2002About 1 hour to see
About the place
The memorial stands at Alvasti Koprik, the "Devil's Bridge" ravine of the Bozsu canal, where in the 1930s–1950s more than thirteen thousand people were shot and buried in secret. The mass graves were found by chance in 1990 during building work near the Tashkent TV tower; among the victims were Jadid writers and scholars such as Abdulla Qodiriy, Cholpon and Fitrat.
Laid out from 1999, the park covers more than 17 hectares on both banks, joined by a footbridge about 100 metres long. At its centre is a domed rotunda over a symbolic tomb, and the Museum of Victims of Repression stands beside it. It is a quiet place of remembrance next to the TV tower.
Why go
- A memorial to victims of Soviet repression
- Domed rotunda above the Bozsu canal
- Next to the Museum of Victims of Repression
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Nearby
- Museums
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